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- Candidates share need for more involvement in race for commission
- Steelhead tag reports inform mortality study
- USFS extends comment period to April 20 on draft revised land management plan
- Avista Foundation, USDA invest in Northern Idaho’s economic future
- Kooskia, Stites enter into new waste agreement, resolving 2018 civil suit
- Jan. 29 CBC information meeting on area USFS projects
Sports
The crowd for the girls basketball game against Prairie last Tuesday night in Kamiah was small on account of COVID-related limitations, but a …
In light of the blowout scores Grangeville put up last winter against Orofino and St. Maries, and considering the number of returning players …
COTTONWOOD — Brady Cox’s herculean effort last Thursday night, Jan. 14, included a fast break basket brought on by Kamiah’s maximum pressure d…
Blake Schoo (15 points) and Tori Ebert (10) boosted the Bulldogs at Orofino on the first night of Central Idaho League play last Tuesday, Jan.…
Outdoors

Community
COTTONWOOD — American Freedom Defense has scheduled an indoor class on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No equipment needed. Guns, ammo and gear provided. Simunition rounds will be used for indoor firing. You can also bring you own gun for training purposes. This beginner course is fo…
ELK CITY — Sorry I missed last week’s news. Not much is happening in Elk City.
RIGGINS — Quotes of the week: “Life is short, live it. Love is free, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish them.” from ThinkPositivePower.
COTTONWOOD — The weather is very mild for this time of the year. It is cold but not nearly as cold as it is some years. And there is no snow, except for on the higher hills. No skiing so far this year.
RIGGINS — Quote of the week: “You never really know the true impact you have on those around you. You never know how much someone needed that smile you gave them. You never know how much your kindness turned someone’s entire life around. You never know how much someone needed a long hug or d…
COTTONWOOD — Idaho County’s first baby for 2021 wasn’t born until Jan. 3, but he still came a little earlier than his parents, Joshua and Kara Whittle, of Kamiah, expected.
Opinion
With all of the emotions raging about the wild mob attacking the capital building, it should not be forgotten about the disclosed recording of the president two days before where he pressures Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, to “find 11,780 votes,” to tip the election Trump’…
Like a breath of fresh air, it was a delight reading last week’s letters by Gary Altman and Ted Wilkins of Grangeville. Identifying themselves variously as Christian, conservative and Republican, they did not spew the fumes of Trump’s propaganda that many of those three identities continue t…
Listening to the balderdash from President-Elect Biden makes me wonder what the future holds for America, Idaho and our local area.
In 1991, I completed an MA degree at Washington State University. I was grateful for the opportunity to work as a teaching assistant, honored to instruct students at the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication.
Obituaries
James B. Ulrich, 86, of Riggins, Idaho, died Tuesday, Jan. 13,…
Wayne Roy Derrick was born Aug. 2, 1938, to Harold “Shorty” &a…
Vernon B. Ulrich, a well-known Riggins, Idaho area specialty w…
Marcia Kay Hagenbuch passed peacefully and surrounded with lov…
Marian, 89, of Ontario, Ore. (Brookdale) went peacefully to be…
On Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, Lorene (Reney) Smith, loving moth…
Special Sections
The following are featured in this year’s special section:
The 2020 Idaho County Fair, held in Cottonwood Aug. 18-22, is in the books. Here are a few p…
Youth in Focus 2020.
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